Sur le chemin de l'école

Sep 25 2013 Not Rated 1h 17m
Documentary

These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres each way through a savannah populated by wild animals; Carlito rides more than 18 kilometres twice a day with his younger sister, across the plains of Argentina; Zahira lives in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains who has an exhausting 22 kilometres walk along punishing mountain paths before she reaches her boarding school; Samuel from India sits in a clumsy DIY wheelchair and the 4 kilometres journey is an ordeal each day, as his two younger brothers have to push him all the way to school…

Plot

Jackson, the Kenyan; Carlito, the Argentinian; Zahira, the Moroccan; Samuel, the Indian: four children who live light years away from each other and who have never met but who have a common point: they have to cover tremendously long distances to reach their school. On foot, on horseback or in a wheelchair, but all with an extraordinary determination...

Written by

Marie-Claire Javoy, Pascal Plisson

Directed by

Pascal Plisson

Cast

Jackson Saikong, Salome Saikong, Samuel J. Esther

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Ymagis, Winds, Hérodiade

Languages

Français

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,323
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
57
Popularity
NA